Hand Rankings

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To win at poker, the cards in your hand must be stronger than the cards in your opponent's hand at the end of the game. The strength of poker hands are ranked below.

  • Royal Flush - A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suit.
  • Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in sequential order. The highest card is used as the tie-breaker.
  • Four of a kind - Four cards of the same rank.
  • Full house - Three cards of the same rank, and a pair of different rank. The three card rank is used as the primary tie breaker. If players have the same three card rank, then the pair will be used instead.
  • Flush - Five cards of the same suit. The highest card is used as the tie breaker
  • Straight - Five cards of different suits, in sequential order.
  • Three of a kind - Three cards of the same rank.
  • Two pair - Two pairs of different ranks. The highest pair is used as the primary tie-breaker. If players have the same high pair, then the low pair is used instead.
  • Pair - Two cards of the same rank, highest pair wins. If players have the same pair, then the highest card will be used as a tie breaker.
  • High card - A hand with no valid combination, strength is determined by the highest ranked card.